Tesla K40t vs ATI Radeon 9550

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameRV350GK110B
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date1 October 2003 (21 year ago)22 November 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,699

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data2880
Core clock speed250 MHz745 MHz
Boost clock speedno data876 MHz
Number of transistors60 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data245 Watt
Texture fill rate1.000210.2
Floating-point processing powerno data5.046 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs4240

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount64 MB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed200 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s288.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-3.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2003 22 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 28 nm

Tesla K40t has an age advantage of 10 years, a 19100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9550 and Tesla K40t. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9550 is a desktop card while Tesla K40t is a workstation one.


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